Al-Qādisiyyah_(historical_city)
Al-Qadisiyyah (historical city)
Historical city in Iraq
31°45′N 44°08′E Al-Qādisiyyah (Arabic: القادسية) is a historical city in southern Mesopotamia, southwest of al-Hillah and al-Kūfah in Iraq. It is most famous as the site of the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah in c. 636, which saw a force of Arab-Muslim army defeat a larger army sent by the Sasanian Empire.